This Day In History
October 09
Miguel de Cervantes is baptized Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts Lord Dartmouth orders British officers to North Carolina Union cavalry defeat Rebels at the Battle of Tom's Brook President Grant announces death of former President Pierce Belgrade falls to Austria-Hungary The Gashouse Gang wins the World Series Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles St. Paul's Cathedral bombed A Chicago bootlegger escapes from prison Churchill and Stalin confer Landslide kills thousands in Italy Professional revolutionary "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia Che Guevara is executed The National Guard breaks up protests at home Khmer Republic proclaimed in Cambodia. Oskar Schindler dies Sakharov wins Peace Prize Disco/Classical hybrid "A Fifth Of Beethoven" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu Footloose, Steel Magnolias director Herbert Ross dies
Miguel de Cervantes is baptized Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts Lord Dartmouth orders British officers to North Carolina Union cavalry defeat Rebels at the Battle of Tom's Brook President Grant announces death of former President Pierce Belgrade falls to Austria-Hungary The Gashouse Gang wins the World Series Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles St. Paul's Cathedral bombed A Chicago bootlegger escapes from prison Churchill and Stalin confer Landslide kills thousands in Italy Professional revolutionary "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia Che Guevara is executed The National Guard breaks up protests at home Khmer Republic proclaimed in Cambodia. Oskar Schindler dies Sakharov wins Peace Prize Disco/Classical hybrid "A Fifth Of Beethoven" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu Footloose, Steel Magnolias director Herbert Ross dies
